Father Indicted After Girl's Body Found in Lake Allatoona

CARTERSVILLE, GA -- The man whose daughter's body was pulled from Lake Allatoona in Bartow County over the summer has been indicted in connection to the case.

Michael Deon Wash, 37, was indicted Thursday on murder and child cruelty charges, according to The Atlanta Journal Constitution.

Wash, an East Point resident, is the father of 7-year-old Kamaire Wash, whose body was discovered by fishermen June 29 near an Interstate 75 overpass near Cartersville.

Along with sheriff's deputies, Bartow County Fire Department, Bartow EMS, DNR and the Coroner's Office all responded to the scene to aid in the investigation and recover the body from the water.

An autopsy conducted by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation confirmed the identity of the body to be that of the child.

Wash told police that when he woke up the morning of June 30, the front door to their apartment unit was open and the child was gone, according to WSB-TV.

Once the family notified police of a possible missing child, officers and investigators with East Point police launched a search and interviewed members of the family.

However, with information from the Bartow sheriff's investigators and GBI police suspended the search for the child and focused their efforts in solving a possible homicide case, WXIA-TV reports.

Following the discovery, East Point police detectives Wash with one count of concealing the death of another, giving false statements, two counts of cruelty to children in the first degree, cruelty to children in the third degree and aggravated assault.

Wash's girlfriend, Lasherae Davis, was also charged with concealing the death of another, giving false statements, party to the crime of aggravated assault, party to the crime of cruelty to children in the third degree and two counts of party to the crime of cruelty to children in the first degree.

Court records don't indicate if Davis has been indicted.

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Photo: Michael Deon Wash, left, and Lasherae Davis. Credit: East Point Police Department